Improvement in bedsteads



,HENRY e. cansar, or

nocKVrLL/E, INDIApNAa' Letters Patent No. marzo, daad october 25, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN eens-nanos.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the .same

To all whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY B. RAMsnY, of Rockville,l in the. county of Park and State of Indiana, have invented certain Improvements in Bedsteads; and I do h'ereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the annexed drawing making part of this specitication, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved bedstead and its advantages, showing -a sliding'contrivance at its foot, which may be used as a trundle-bed, and another at its head, which may be used as a re ceptacle for clothing, or, in case of sickness, for a table or shelf, upon which to place dishes, and also the means for uniting the dierent parts of the bedstead to each other and for attaching the ropes to the spring-boards.

Figure 2 is a sectional elevation, showing the means of seeming the spring-boards to which the ropes are attached in position', and ot' uniting the side rails to the posts.

in the several figures.

This invention relates to bedsteads, and

I=t consists in the combination and arrangement of some of its parts, as will be more fully explained llereinafter.

A in the drawing refers to the head-board, and

Af A' to the head-posts; and

B to the foot-board, and

B' B to the foot-posts; while O G referto the side rails; all of which parts may be of any approved form cf construction, but which, as they form Ino part of my invention separately, need not be more particularly described here.

C refers to a cleat, which is attached to the un-4 der side of the rails C, and extends'inward beyond the inner surface of such rails far enough to receive the rails of the appendageH H, soon to be described.

D D refer to spring-boards, of which there are two, one at the head of the bedstead and one at the foot. These spring-boards are to be, of sucient length to extend from one rail to the other, and of sufficient width and thickness to enable them to bear the weight of two persons.

Corresponding letters refer to corresponding parts' Their ends are to be so formed as to slide in grooves or ways formed in or upon supports Vof met-al, as shown in iig. 2.

The outerrsegmental edges of these boards are pro- 'vided with slots, into which the cord or cords E are passed, as shown in fig. 3, such cords being held firmly at their ends by meansvof knots formed thref face of the posts, while the other fits upon the side which is toward the ends of the rails C G.

.The last-named flange is-providedwith a vertical slot or' groove, into which a T-head, formed upon the plates G, soon to be. described, fits, and thus con- .lines the'rails' to the posts, said angle-irons being lattached to the posts by means of screws.'-

G G refer toslides, which are attached to the inner surfaces of the rails C C, near their ends, they being provided with grooves or ways, 'inor on which -the ends of the spring-boards move.

'lhe upper surface of these slidesis serrated, as shown in lig. 2, so that as the'.springboards are forced outward, for the lpurpose of tightening the cords, the pawls G', which are secured thereto, shallV engage the notches thus formed' and retain said boards in their proper positions, and thus keep the cord or cords in position with any required amount of tension thereon.

-H. H refer to a` frame, the 'outer end of which is provided with posts H H', its inner end resting and sliding upon cleats attached to the inner surfaces of the side rails C G.

' Slats, which run longitudinally, are placed within this frame, they being designed to support a small bed which is to be placed within the '.frame, and the whole is so arranged that it may .be slid under/the spring-boards and cord larger bed.

TheJ object of this last-named cont-rivance is to provide a bed for children which may be used at night and be slid under the bedstead in the daytime, so as not to occupy valuable-room, which may be used for other purposes. l

I refers to a sliding shelf, which 1s made to more upon cleats attached to the head-posts and side rails, or to the side rails only, at or near the headv of the bedstead, they being so arranged that the shelf shall move transversely across the bed, so that 'it may at any time be partially drawn ont for the purpose of placing thereon any dishes in casesof sickor cords of -thei y waawef/@W/e amaicf A of the way.

ness; or bed-clothes may be placed and kept thereon;

it being pushed under the bedstead and thus put out Having `thus described my invention, l

f What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pab- 1. The combination of the segmental spri11g-boards D and cord or cords E, substantially as and for thel purpose set forth.

2. The combination and arrangement of' the slides Gr, pawls G', and segmental spring-boards D, substan` n tially as and for the purpose sct forth. V

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to thisV specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. p HENRY B. RAMSEY.

iVitnesses:

JN0. T. CAMPBELL, JAS. M. Cox. 

